Dodge Ram Van. Published by Transport Canada as 1988074 on 26 May 1988. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles with an optional 700 amp battery, the front "three-cell" vent cap of the battery may become dislodged by the vehicle's inner hood panel. A dislodged vent cap would permit hydrogen gas to escape from the battery. In the presence of an ignition source the hydrogen could explode. Correction: …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1988074
- Recall date
- 26 May 1988
- Make
- Dodge
- Models
- Ram Van
- Model years
- 1988
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 53
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles with an optional 700 amp battery, the front "three-cell" vent cap of the battery may become dislodged by the vehicle's inner hood panel. A dislodged vent cap would permit hydrogen gas to escape from the battery. In the presence of an ignition source the hydrogen could explode. Correction: "three-cell" vent caps will be replaced with individual battery cell caps.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1988074.
Dodge elsewhere in this register
Dodge is named on 580 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1988075 · 26 May 1988 · Dakota · Suspension
- 1988091 · 5 July 1988 · Sundance, Shadow, Shelby Charger · Fuel System
- 1988039 · 16 March 1988 · Mini Ram Van, Voyager, Caravan · Fuel System
- 1988135 · 28 September 1988 · 600, Caravelle, New Yorker · Seats And Restraints
- 1988002 · 5 January 1988 · Ram Wagon, Dakota, Power Ram · Powertrain
- 1988146 · 18 October 1988 · Mini Ram Van, Caravan, Voyager · Fuel System
- 1988172 · 22 December 1988 · 600, New Yorker, Caravelle · Suspension
- 1987121 · 4 November 1987 · Diplomat, Fifth Avenue, Caravelle · Electrical
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1988110 · 18 July 1988 · Continental · Electrical
- 1988133 · 23 September 1988 · Hcoe, Conventional · Electrical
- 1988010 · 27 January 1988 · Somerset, Skylark · Electrical
- 1988003 · 5 January 1988 · 700 Series · Electrical
- 1987119 · 4 November 1987 · Eldorado · Electrical
- 1987121 · 4 November 1987 · Diplomat, Fifth Avenue, Caravelle · Electrical
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Dodge Ram, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Dodge: 580 in the register, and 174 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1988.
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